‘In paradisum’ is an antiphon chant from the traditional Latin liturgy of the Western Church. Found at the end of some Requiem masses, ‘In paradisum’ is traditionally sung by the choir as the body is being taken out of the church, as the soul transitions from one life to the next.

Recorded live at the Park Avenue Armory, by Sympho. A selection from ARCO a site-specific symphonic work co-composed by Paul Haas, Paul K. Fowler, and Bora Yoon for the historic Park Avenue Armory military drill hall in NYC.

an electroacoustic choral work, inspired by the medieval song form ‘conductus’ and music’s likeness to the conduction of energy, and the language of signals. Performed by vocal quartet New York Polyphony, Semaphore Conductus speaks to the notion of music as a timeless medium of expression and communication over distances, format, and time. The work personifies the evolution of communication devices in dialogue, tracing the cyclical nature of music and technology across the centuries — and how transcendental and transportive qualities from early music, are found in new music today.

Composed and created for site-specific dance work AGORA II, in the empty
55,000 square foot pool basin of the historic McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NY directed
by Noémie Lafrance (SENS Production). Performed by seven sopranos on
bicycles, with the audience at the pool perimeter, the kinetic sopranos ride and
sing in circles at various sizes and proximity to the pool edge, creating a largescale
Doppler effect and unique musical composition for each audience member,
dependent upon their specific location within the space.

Voices, bike bells, electronics – Bora Yoon

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Sunken Cathedral is a multimedia album release by Korean-American composer, vocalist, sonic surrealist Bora Yoon. Designed as an architectural journey through the chambers of the subconscious, each track on the album illuminates a different sonic “space,” which excavates the memories, insights, and intersections in which our greatest diamonds and demons are held. Sunken Cathedral traces death, life, rebirth and the cyclical/recom- binant nature of the universe; the alchemical moment of transmutation where one medium becomes another.

Yoon creates immersive audiovisual soundscapes using digital devices, voice and found objects and instruments from a variety of cultures and centuries – evoking memory and association to formulate a cinematic storytelling through sound design. A site-specific and architectural composer, Yoon writes for a wide spectrum of spaces ranging from an abandoned pool to a Frank Gehry building to galleries and black box theaters.

Classically trained and steeped in a first love of choral music, Yoon is fascinated by the intersection of space and sound, maps, human Venn diagrams, handsome sounding kitchenware, sonorities and the pulleys and strings that hold everything together.

Visual album release with the Graphic Album Collective, coming Spring 2014, featuring the kinetic sculptures of artist Uram Choe: A new application for the iPad, for listeners to visually experience and interact with musical records.